Virtual Items
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Virtual Economy During Oshogatsu (Japanese New Year) In Ameba Pigg
In Japan, New Year’s Eve and the New Year holidays are the biggest events of the year, and it is similar in virtual worlds. CygerAgent’s virtual world “Ameba Pigg [J]” sold a …
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Social Gaming Platform Mobage-town Gets Monthly Price Plan For Virtual Items
Earlier this week, Japanese mobile social gaming juggernaut DeNA added a new pricing plan to its super-popular Mobage-town platform (which currently boasts 22 million users): users can now pay for …
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Japan's Mobile Web Market Now Worth $17 billion. Virtual Items: $500 million.
Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications published an interesting report [PDF] about the country’s market for mobile content and services this week. According to the …

